A plaque is not a temporary item after all. Memorials to significant community figures, or an historic explorer's trail, or an historic building...those are the kinds of things that warrant commemoration in a community. Now maybe if this was the first road ever in North Bay...

But they will not be stopping there. In a report that was pried from their white knuckled hands, I've learned of several new plaques and touristy things, that will preserve this government's history.

- 'This is the spot where Gail Shea ordered the cruel and unnecessary slaughter of 560 defenseless Narwhal whales'. And just to the right of that 'This is the spot where Gail Shea drank tea and giggled with delight at her power to order the massacre of 560 defenseless Narwhal whales'.

- 'It was here that Stephen Harper made the decision to allow mines to dump their toxic waste into our lakes.' - 'It was on this site that 1600 dead ducks were found, victims of the tarsands.'- 'It was on this spot where Stephen Harper had his first photo-op as Dictator of Canada.' From there plaques commemorate each and every one, but a single plaque, cast in gold, marks the spot where he had his millionth. Two million is coming up soon and they are scouting around for a large supply of platinum, to make it just right. After all, the photo-op will be at the plaque commemorating this historic event.

- 'This plaque marks the spot where Dimitri Soudas had his nineteenth nervous breakdown'. Is there yet another photo-op in Harper's future at the spot of Dimmy Witty's one millionth next week?

-'This is the spot where Harper's people fled down the stairs during an RCMP raid at their headquarters.'

- 'It was here that Garry Breitkreuz led a group of gun nuts in a march protesting the fact that our police have ... [hmmm] .... big guns, and they aren't allowed.'

-'It was at this hotel, where in 2004 Stephen Harper met with Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe to form a coalition, and take power without earning it.'- 'It was here that Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty announced the largest tax hikes in Canadian history.'-'It was at this desk where Jim Flaherty bailed out our banks and put Canadians on the hoof for 125 billion dollars worth of sub-prime mortgages.'- 'It was here where Stephen Harper announced that .. or I mean had a staffer announce that he was going to prorogue Parliament again because the nasty opposition wanted to know if he was complicit in torture.' This has only been done three times in our history to avoid having to be held accountable. Once by Sir John A. and twice by Stephen Harper. A new record. Now that deserves a plaque.